BILL NUMBER: AB 2142	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 4650.1 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to forests.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2142, as introduced, Chesbro. State forests: sale of timber.
    Existing law prohibits the sale of timber from state forests to
any California division of a primary manufacturer, or to any person
for resale to a primary manufacturer, who within one year prior to
the bid date and one year after the termination of the contract,
sells unprocessed timber, as defined, which is harvested from private
timberlands and is exported into foreign commerce from this state.
   This bill would instead prohibit the sale of timber from state
forests to any California manufacturer, or to any person for resale
to a primary manufacturer, who within 24 months prior to the bid date
sells unprocessed timber, which is harvested from private
timberlands and is exported into foreign commerce from this state.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4650.1 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   4650.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber
from state forests shall not be sold to any California division of a
primary manufacturer, or to any person for resale to a primary
manufacturer, who does either of the following:
   (1) Uses that timber at any plant not located within the United
States unless it is sawn on four sides to dimensions not greater than
4 inches by 12 inches.
   (2) Within  one year   24 months  prior
to the bid date  and one year after the termination of the
contract  , sells unprocessed timber, which is harvested
from private timberlands and is exported into foreign commerce from
this state.
   (b)  Any   A    purchaser of
timber from state forests who  makes use of  
uses  timber in violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) is
prohibited from purchasing state forest timber for a period of five
years and may have his or her license suspended for a period of up to
one year.
   (c) The department may adopt appropriate regulations to prevent
the substitution of timber from state forests for timber exported
from private timberlands.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "unprocessed timber" means trees
or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards
and specifications suitable for end product use, but does not include
timber processed into any of the following:
   (1) Lumber or construction timbers, except Western Red Cedar,
meeting current American Lumber Standards Grades or Pacific Lumber
Inspection Bureau Export R or N list grades, sawn on four sides, not
intended for remanufacture.
   (2) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture,
except Western Red Cedar, meeting current American Lumber Standards
Grades or Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau Export R or N list clear
grades, sawn on four sides, not to exceed 12 inches in thickness.
   (3) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants for remanufacture,
except Western Red Cedar, that do not meet the grades referred to in
paragraph (2) and are sawn on four sides, with wane less than 1/4 of
any face, not exceeding 83/4 inches in thickness.
   (4) Chips, pulp, or pulp products.
   (5) Veneer or plywood.
   (6) Poles, posts, or piling cut or treated with preservatives for
use as such.
   (7) Shakes or shingles.
   (8) Aspen or other pulpwood bolts, not exceeding 100 inches in
length, exported for processing into pulp.
   (9) Pulp logs or cull logs processed at domestic pulp mills,
domestic chip plants, or other domestic operations for the purpose of
conversion of the logs into chips.